Two children and one man can be seen standing behind the foundation of a home. The young girl is holding her hat, and the boy is holding a small black kitten. Debris from structures destroyed by the storm are strewn about, and people mill about the...

View of a camouflaged Japanese airplane on the runway, which brought Japanese generals to China for peace talks in 1945. Other military planes, trucks and people wearing military uniforms are visible around the airplane. Taken by Shemorry during...

View overlooking the Four Bears Bridge crossing over the Missouri River near New Town, N.D. This bridge was completed in 1955 after the Garrison Dam was closed off. This pictured bridge was in use from 1955 until 2005 when the new current Four...

A large crowd is gathered outside the Villa Militaire, the headquarters building of old Fort Buford, to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of residents John and Sarah Mercer's ancestors to Fort Buford in 1872

In the foreground of the photograph, one man stands among a pile of wreckage, a house or building destroyed by the storm. Two men can be seen walking toward him. Another destroyed home behind the the fenced dirt road that can be seen behind all...

Two men examine the wreckage after the storm. On the left side of the photograph, a man is walking toward the wreckage from neighboring houses. Among the debris of this wrecked house are lumber, chairs, trunks, textiles, tables, and other...

Farmers Club trips were a popular means of learning for the early settlers. This picture was taken July 28, 1915, at the end of an excursion to Marmon, Cottonwood Lake, and Wildrose by forty members of the Squires Club, arriving in nine...

A view of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace (second from left) and General Claire Lee Chennault (second from right) exiting a building in China. "(Editor's note - Bill Shemorry, of Williston, North Dakota, U.S. Army Signal Corps...

View of the New York City skyline over the Atlantic Ocean with gray clouds. In the left bottom corner is a part of the U.S.S. General Brook. This image was taken on Bill Shemorry's way home on the U.S.S. General Brook troop transport ship after...

View of the New York City skyline over the Atlantic Ocean with gray clouds. This image was taken on Bill Shemorry's way home on the U.S.S. General Brook troop transport ship after the end of World War II.

View of the New York City skyline over the Atlantic Ocean with gray clouds. In the bottom left corner is a part of the U.S.S. General Brook with soldiers on deck. This image was taken on Bill Shemorry's way home on the USS General Brook troop...

In the front seat of a military vehicle sit Colonel Danah, who is driving, and General Stilwell. In the back seat are Brigadier Generals Dorn and Merrill. Dorn is seated behind Stilwell and Merrill is behind Danah. A cloudy sky is visible in the...

View looking down US Highway 85 in North Dakota at the Little Missouri River Bridge in McKenzie County, N.D., about 16 miles South of ND 23 and Watford City, N.D. This truss bridge was built in 1959 to cross the Little Missouri River and is in the...